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Prominent Buddhist Lama and educator detained; school forced to close

A prominent Tibetan Buddhist leader and educator from Amdo has been detained and ‘disappeared’, and his vocational school abruptly closed, with families instructed to collect their children immediately.

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Imprisoned Tibetan businessman Dorje Tashi injured in Chinese prison

As family visits blocked, new evidence of coordinated violence against high-profile prisoner

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Fears for respected Tibetan monk hospitalised after torture

UN raises concerns over the torture of Gonpo Tsering, and asks China to account for imprisonment and maltreatment of teenage protester Namkyi.

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UN rights experts challenge Vietnam and China on cross-border cooperation over suspicious death of Tibetan lama

Special rapporteurs have raised serious concerns about increasing transnational repression against Tibetans, and call for a full investigation.

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Chinese international student who promoted Tibetan culture faces criminal charges

Zhang Yadi (known online as Tara @Tara.Freesoul), has been incommunicado for 50 days inside China, and is feared to have been detained by state security authorities.

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UN rights experts denounce China’s interference in Dalai Lama succession

The statement follows the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday in July, and further calls on the Chinese government to provide updates on Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama.